Momofuku’s David Chang: “It should be considered a world-class city, which it is, but, like, not.”

“It should be considered a world-class city, which it is—but, like, not. You know. You guys know that. If that was the case, people in Toronto would not be wanting to go to New York. New Yorkers would be wanting to go to Toronto.”

—David Chang, the creator of Momofuku,speaking to Metro Morning’s Matt Galloway about Toronto’s “underdog” status among great North American food cities. Luckily, Chang likes underdogs, which is why he brought Momofuku here in the first place. “I think Momofuku’s scrappy…and that’s how I view Toronto. I don’t mean that as a backhanded compliment at all.”

7 thoughts on “Momofuku’s David Chang: “It should be considered a world-class city, which it is, but, like, not.””

It’s true, the people of Toronto doesn’t appreciate the city and treat everything public as private.. Just take a look at the passengers how they behave when riding the metro – I think Toronto is the ONLY city where people are doing number ones and twos in public

A good starting point would be to stop reporting on every time someone says something nice about the city. Do you think blogs/publications in NY, Chicago, San Fran, London, etc…do this? Of course not. What a pathetic inferiority complex and need for validation here.

In any case, as someone who has lived in a few cities (including New York for a couple years), I have to disagree with Mr. Chang, much as I like his cooking. Toronto is a terrible food town, full of bandwagon-jumpers without an original dish on the menu.